Reply by gfadvm

I’ve had mine just over a year. I just got through cleaning the underside stuff (gears,trunion glide thingys, etc) and decided to check all the alignments, squares, etc that I checked/set up when I got it. I was pleasantly suprised to see that nothing has changed. I have never tried the blade that came with it and I use nothing but Freud Diablo blades from HD and get along very well with them. I shouldn’t admit this but I don’t use the blade guard or the splitter but did for a while. The splitter limited my blade height when using my shop made ZCIs. Mine has always been 220 so can’t comment on using 110. All in all I have been very happy with it and would buy another. It will be a HUGE step up from your Skilsaw.